The ultimate aim of reading is not the process but to understand what we read and
comprehension can take place at many different levels. There has been an increasing …

Abstract The Simple View of Reading indicates that reading comprehension is based upon
two broad skills, language comprehension and word reading. This chapter explores the …

The most fundamental responsibility of schools is teaching students to read. Because
reading affects all other academic achievement and is associated with social, emotional …

The complexity of words makes vocabulary development a multi-faceted process that
presents challenges to early childhood educators, offers benefits to young learners, and …

The primary aim of this study was to examine the vocabulary size of native speakers of
English in New Zealand secondary schools. Two equivalent forms of the 20,000 version of …

Retool your whole school for EL achievement For any student, middle and high school can
be challenging. But for an English learner or striving reader—and the myriad words …

Vocabulary knowledge is essential for successful language learning. However, little is
known about young learners' vocabulary learning in a Thai EFL context and the teaching …

A mixed-method embedded research design was employed to investigate the effectiveness
of the integration of technology for second-grade students' vocabulary development and …

In this article, we review vocabulary research findings with a focus on why and how
extensive reading can maximize language students' natural and rapid development of word …

Vocabulary is a complex intermediate component between oral and written language, which
the influence on associated skills and general language abilities (eg, decoding processing …